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Realtek 8188 Wi Fi adapter

Roberto edited this page Jun 29, 2014 · 5 revisions

If you are using a Realtek 8188 based wifi adapter, perform the following steps:

Verify kernel version

Execute

uname -a

Then, read the following post and select the correct driver version:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=462982#p462982

and select the correct date for kernel driver version

Get the kernel drive object:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/8188eu-201xyyzz.tar.gz

(x = Year, yy = Month, zz = day)

get the file with the following command:

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/8188eu-201xyyzz.tar.gz <--set data code for driver version above tar -zxvf 8188eu-201xyyzz.tar.gz <--set data code for driver version above sudo install -p -m 644 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless sudo insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/8188eu.ko sudo depmod -a

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